Seeds of Peace

A group of students from Dexter Regional High School spoke highly Monday morning of a program that started in Maine and is working to create peace and solutions among young leaders worldwide. The four Dexter seniors participated last summer in Seeds of Peace, a three-week international camp based in Maine that’s dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to improve relationships and create peaceful coexistence.

The office of Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: The United States Senate has passed a bipartisan resolution, authored by Senator Susan Collins, officially recog-nizing the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Seeds of Peace Camp in Otisfield. Senator Collins introduced the resolution with Senator Carl Levin (D-MI).

NEW YORK: Yafa Ebrrighith and Hamutal Blanc are friends from very different backgrounds who do not always agree. So when the two 16-year-old girls — one Palestinian, one Israeli — got the chance on Friday to quiz the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Middle East policy, it was no surprise they saw the event very differently.